Short story: A retelling of the two wolves story

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The great, old, previous, American Indian Chieftain of the Sioux tribe, "Short Cloud", was talking to his young grandson, about how to control his moods, his behaviour, his thoughts, and his actions, in his life. His son, "Rain Cloud", was now the chief of the tribe. Short Cloud told the boy that inside each person is a good, and a bad side. We Indians call this the fight between two wolves. It is a battle that continues in everybody, between good and evil. It is a horrible fight, and the two wolves are always at it, fighting against each other, without ever stopping the fight. One wolf is bad. It is the angry, bitter, sarcastic, resentful, greedy, arrogant, proud, selfish, negative, wicked, and evil side of you. The other wolf is the good wolf. It is kind, thoughtful, good, compassionate, empathetic, generous, sharing, truthful, humble, full of hope, positive, peaceful, wise, and loving. These two wolves fight against each other inside of you, and inside all other people too, the old Chieftain told his grandson, "Bright Cloud". "Which wolf wins this fight in you?" the old chieftain went on, putting this somewhat obvious question to his grandson now. The young boy's bright eyes opened wide, as he was about to answer. "Short Cloud" again lived up to his name, and so he rained on his grandson, before he could answer, even as the boy's father, "Rain Cloud" always did too. The old grandfather was proud of his answer, thinking about how clever it was, and he smiled contently as he said it: He said to the boy: "The wolf that wins this fight is the one that you continually feed. It grows bigger and stronger than the other wolf then, and so will win the fight." The boy winced, inwardly. He had not been named Bright Cloud in vain. He was indeed very bright inwardly, as well as outwardly. He was so very wise for his young age already. He answered his grandfather like this: "Do you not think that it is cruel to only feed the one wolf, and to starve the other wolf?" "I would rather be kind to both wolves, feeding them both equally, looking after, and caring for both of them, inside of me, responsibly so." "Every part of us has its good side, and its bad side, but the core of us is none of these parts, at all. We are the inner soul, our God part, which is always good, kind, loving and peacefully happy, in its truth, within God." "The truth is that we are neither wolf." "We, just like God, care for all types in this world, of wolves and sheep, that seem to dominate the outer world, but inwardly, who are all sparks of divine love, within God, like you and I are too." The old grandfather bowed low to the ground. "You are right of course, my bright lad. Yes, how very right, you really are." A link to the original story is given at the end here: Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com Picture: "Short Cloud", the proud former Indian Chieftain. Take away message: Love is the only real truth, and both good and evil just make up the ends of the rainbow, which love creates by its shining on creation, or you, in the way that you then shine love back. The rainbow looks best when all parts of it are showing, though, so never over-focus on any one part of it, and call it good, or evil. All parts make up you in the world, and play their part in you too.